PASSED OUT Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

passed out

verb

past tense of pass out

as in fainted

to lose consciousness I passed out from the flu

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Recent Examples of passed out For The Times) These cards were being passed out throughout the Austin community at the time. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 That taxpayer money was passed out throughout the city to help tackle violence. — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The woman had fallen into a pool and was passed out on a couch covering herself with a pillow, agents said. — Meg Kinnard, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 The broadly popular bill, which passed out of committee 21-1 in July, was blocked from adoption last month by a lone senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky. — Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 The blue, orange and silver belt with Empower Field embroidered on it, is passed out by the coaching staff each week. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026 On the first day of training camp, Burke passed out note cards to every Texans defensive player as their opening meeting began. — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 After a 2-year-old drowned in a backyard swimming pool in July 2025, Fatehi considered filing felony murder charges against his mother, who had passed out from drinking at the time of the accident. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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Kindel, who fainted on the plane, could resume practicing early next week, according to general manager Kyle Dubas.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Szubanski, now 65, immediately fake-fainted and fell to the floor.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of fainted

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In many places, a single team is blacked out on League Pass, but things can get more complicated, particularly in states without teams.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026
What those concerns were remains a mystery, since the museum blacked out that part of the report before releasing it under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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